Top management support, inter-organizational relationships and external involvement

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 526-549

  Feng, Taiwen ^a   Zhao, Gang ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Customer involvement; Relationship with customers; Relationship with suppliers; Supplier involvement; Top management support

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; SALES;

CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT; RELATIONSHIP WITH CUSTOMERS; RELATIONSHIP WITH SUPPLIERS; SUPPLIER INVOLVEMENT; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84899919179     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-03-2013-0127     Document Type: Article

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